I peered inside an onion bagel holeTo see what was in there for me to spyBut wound up staring straight into my soulAnd learned that my whole life had been a lieFor though I showed the world I was a rollComplete and filled with substance far and nighBeneath the surface I lacked all controlAnd if you had a keen discerning eyeYou’d see that I could never reach my goalAnd sadly that no matter how I tryA hollowness as fierce and black as coalWould surely burn inside me ’til I dieAlthough this left me shattered and destroyed I shrugged and kept on falling through the void